I’m hoping I can use this program for many more years to come to grow my cash to be able to buy a home straight with cash.

I pulled this list from Oaklands Rent Adjustment Program page.The following are subject  to exemptions from Rent Control.Subsidized Housing.Motels, hotels if occupancy not more than 30 days.Hospital, dormitory, extended care facility, etc.Non-profit cooperative owned and occupied by majority of residents.New construction (built after January 1st, 1983)Substantial rehabilitation.3 units or less owner occupied properties.The unit that an owner occupies in any building.Non-profit facility-homeless/substance abuse treatment.Unit in trust for the developmentally disabled.Shared facilities with owner and tenants (bath/kitchen).Costa Hawkins-Single family home or condominium.Vacant unitsLink: https://www.oaklandca.gov/reso...The most notable is the houses built after Jan 1, 1983 exemption. 

If you are willing to house-hack (purchase a duplex, in which you live in one unit and rent the other out) - then you can get a down payment via FHA program as low as 3.5%.

I highly recommend Champions School of Real Estate's online program. 

Join a company that has programs and resources..... for example our brokerage has a mortgage company that has basically zero lending fees....so on average that saves the buyers about $4500. 

Will this be enough or is there another program that is better aligned with the real test material?

I've used Northpointe Bank and they have a lot of programs that you can take advantage of because you are house hacking.

The problem will be finding financing on a deal where the home inventory is almost equal to the land value (and you’re not getting chunks of money to pay off that home loan if you’re doing a rent credit program)

He got some sort of grant money from the Louisiana Road Home program by committing to 10 years of low rent.

@Chris Wolfe @Pablo Espin  There are programs that can take care of that with good terms.